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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1913

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Fire at Sea. the Carthaginian Damaged. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

A fire broke out in mid-ocean aboard the steamer Carthag[?] an but, was eventually extinguished. The damage is estimated at £2000…

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Fire at Darling Harbor. £6000 Damages. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 3

Rowland's aerated Water and cordial works at Darling Harbour were gutted by fire early this morning. The roof fell in, and although…

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Fire Brigades Control. Big Reforms Advocated. Separate Board for Bathurst. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 4

The members of the Fire Brigades' Board are now being chosen by their constituents, and it is not improbable that the result of the election will mark…

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Fire Brigades' Control Reforms Advocated. Radical Constitutional Changes. Board's Management Criticised. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 13 January 1913 · page 1

Everyone Knows that there is am election campaign at Blayney, but there is being lought in the State another campaig which, in name at least, is…

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Fire at German Palace. Kaiser As a Fire-fighter. Berlin

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 3

A defective chimney set the new palace at Potsdam on fire. The Kaiser assisted to extinguish the flames. Some valuable furniture was…

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Big City Fire. Printers' Big Loss. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 3

At about 9.45 o'clock to night a fire broke out in the premises of Cunyng hame and Company, printers, Pitt street…

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Fire and Outrace. Brutal Turks and Albanians. Athens

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 5

Advices from Corfu state that Turks and Albanians burnt 120 houses in the village of Keranizza, and tortured and massacred 30 women and children…

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Fire Brigades Control. Big Reforms Advocated. Separate Board for Bathurst. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 14 January 1913 · page 2

The members of the Fire Brigades' Board are now being chosen by their constituents, and it is not improbable that the result of the election will mark…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Narrow Escapes. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

Bush fires were raging round Yarra this morning, and there were some narrow escapes. One young woman was rescued from a blazing house with…

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Telegrams. Fire Risks. Melbourne

Leader · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 2

During the last 10 years £50,000 have been paid in fire insurances on Government buildings, and practically nothing received. It has been…

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A Melbourne Fire. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 3

A fire occurred in the coach and motor factory of Messrs. Waring Bros., 499 Elizabeth-street, Melbourne, shortly before 11 o'clock last night, the…

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Cotton Destroyed by Fire. £50,000 Damage. Cairo

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 4

Fifteen hundred bales of cotton at Alexandria caught afire. The damage amounts to £50,000…

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Fire Board's Demands. Warren

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 4

The Municipal Council has decided to cancel its support of the fire brigade "rather than accede to the exorbitant demands of the Board of Fire…

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Fire Fighting

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 8

Dealing with Sydney's frequent conflagrations is a big item in the annual outlay. The estimate of expenditure for the present year is £76,758, an increase of…

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Residence Destroyed by Fire. Occupants' Narrow Escape. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

A fire destroyed a cottage at Jamberoo, on the South Coast, early this morning. Several of the occupants narrowly escaped death, two boys being…

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A Melbourne Blaze. Melbourne

Leader · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

The premises of Rocke Tompsitt and Coy., manufacturing chemists, of Flinders St., were considerably damaged by fire this morning. The…

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That Mullyan Fire

Leader · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 4

Sir,—I crave space in the columns of your valuable paper to deny the allegation appearing in last Monday's issue. That a lot of men watched…

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A New Fire Signal

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 1

Clear the way for the fire engine The prancing galloping steeds assist the gong to arrest attention, and to keep the crowd back. But as cities grow they need more…

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A Joke that Missed Fire

The Bathurst Times · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

Just as Mr. Piper's horse, "First Nugget," passed the post as winner of his heat in the F. and T. trot on Saturday, a quiet-spoken man sided up to…

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Fire Brigade Resigns. Katoomba

National Advocate · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

The whole of the Katoomba Fire Brigade, including the captain, have resigned, as a protest against the treatment they have received at the hands…

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